2 edition of Towards the centre of Christian living found in the catalog.
Towards the centre of Christian living
Johannes Pinsk
Published
1961 by Herder and Herder in New York] .
Written in English
Edition Notes
Translation of Schritte zur Mitte.
| Statement | [Translated by H. E. Winstone. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | BX2350.2 .P543 1961a |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 261 p. |
| Number of Pages | 261 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL5824444M |
| LC Control Number | 61011488 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 2496719 |
Please let us know if you have suggestions for future articles, and let us know any questions you would like answered. Thus philosophical and theological formation will need to be revised, since dialogue and inculturation depend on a theology which is perfectly in tune with the deposit of faith. The frustration in some Believer's minds come because they worked so hard to be saved that they now think God owes them something for their efforts. We can't say that we have anyone [no matter how much we admired them, appreciated them or how noble they were] other than Jesus Christ that grants us access to the Father. Furthermore, Blavatsky was not associated with Freemasonry and nor did she ever claim to be. First, because many educated Christians find doctrinal fidelity and growth in faith impossible, unless they can reflect on faith just as seriously as they do on their profane culture or on their professional life.
When the evangelization of Africa began, the positive cultural values of these religions were not always taken seriously enough to be integrated with the Gospel. After the spectacular defeat of collectivist atheistic Marxism-Leninism, the rival ideology - liberalism - is struggling in its efforts to bring about happiness for the human race and to ensure responsible dignity for each person. They could be a real inspiration for humanity at the dawn of the third millennium. On many points there needs to be a re-formulation of Christian faith which is more accessible to dominant cultures, because of the competition caused by the profusion on all sides of diffuse forms of religiosity. This is instruction and authoritative teaching.
It must be understood that Jews are not better than Gentiles and neither are we superior because we think we have a lock on God. The challenge for a pastoral approach to culture is to help people to discover transcendence, to convince them that right reason will enable them to make wise use of the best achievements of modern science, and to invite them to tread anew the path which leads from human experience and understanding to knowing our Creator. Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" Matthew More precisely, when the Christian word "sin" no longer evokes the modern experience of that reality, the offer of "salvation" so expressed, will find few takers.
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With the same root as virility and virtuosity, it refers to a sort of "manliness" of behaviour. It's Jesus Christ that gives us life through His Atoning sacrifice and makes us alive causing us to "sit together with Him in heavenly places. Without charity, time is thin. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
And material, cultural and moral misery can jeopardise the institution of marriage and threaten to drain the very springs of life. This is when it has the greatest impact on each of us as well as those that we influence.
In order for us to accomplish our vision in the church, we need each person fully dedicated to the purposes of God and at the same time, operating at their highest level so we remain in the grace of God while we build with one hand and fight with the other as in the days of Nehemiah the prophet.
Time is both death and judgement. How could the Church not be concerned by this? It is fertile ground for cultivating conversion to Christ. Born in countries with a long Christian tradition, this secularized culture, with its values of solidarity, generous dedication to others, freedom, justice, equality between men and women, an open mind, a spirit of dialogue and a sensitivity to ecological issues, still bears the imprint of these fundamentally Christian values which have imbued culture over the centuries and of which secularization itself brought the fruits to civilization and nourished philosophical reflection.
Each culture aspires to the Towards the centre of Christian living book through the best it has to offer. One must accept the facts of the matter in order to grasp the challenge: the Church is obliged to dedicate a considerable part of its human and financial resources to education so as to respond to the mission it received from Christ, to proclaim the Gospel.
In order to reveal himself, from the rich panoply of age-old cultures born of human genius, God chose for himself a People whose original culture he penetrated, purified and made fertile.
These weaker loves, these idols we raise in our own image, could never compare with his infinitely greater love. Each of you should look not only to your own interests, but also to the interests of others. Looking at how someone speaks, or their religious observances causes many to become enamored or captivated with those things as they become desirous of doing the same things so they can also enjoy the seeming "favor of God.
In this encounter, not only are the cultures deprived of nothing, but they are actually stimulated to open themselves to the newness of the Gospel's truth and to find in it an incentive for further development.
How do you know if it is a right decision? In a society where the number of people without families is growing, education is becoming increasingly difficult, as is the communication of a culture shaped by the Gospel.
While science and technology have established themselves as ways of increasing people's knowledge, power and wellbeing, their responsible use demands ethical criteria which they themselves cannot provide. The work of faith does more than unlock the passage of time from wasteful neglect.
The Christian life is also supposed to be one of death to self in order to live a life by faith. The attitude of heart in confronting our sin is often the determining factor as to how long you carry the guilt of it.
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